today s press conference will last approximately 30 minutes. the rcmp will be making statements on a national security criminal investigation coordinated by rcmp led integrated national security enforcement teams in montreal and toronto. the statements will be followed by a short question period. [ speaking in french ] you were provided with press kits. these include further details on the charges of the criminal investigation, photos, as well
terrorist threats and keep canadians and our allies safe. criminals should note you ve been listening to the toronto news conference where the key phrase we just heard there as we have been learning about that this warted terror attack in the ottawa area, we have now learned from this official that there were two individuals who are now in custody, who wanted to carry out al qaeda-supported attacks on passenger trains and not only that, that this official saying that they had the capacity and the intent to carry out those attacks. great work from the royal canadian mounted police and the fbi, it was stopped before anyone was killed or injured. fran townsend, and tom fuentes, you both, as we were talking earlier, and awaiting this news conference, mentioned possible ties to al qaeda. and now we re hearing that that is precisely what this was. tom, great work from police and
today s charges represent the most recent example of the tremendously successful effort and commitment of our national security teams. and i would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their outstanding dedication. in recent years, our collaborative approach has led to arrests and several convictions including in ottawa, in quebec and the 11 individuals in project osage in toronto. these successful arrests and convictions demonstrate the expertise and the effectiveness of our integrated teams. we could not have successfully completed this investigation without the collaboration of our partners at the local, national and international levels. on behalf of the rcmp, i express our appreciation for their tremendous support. i am pleased that some of these partners have been able to join
africa. you ll remember an al qaeda north african affiliate, sponsored inspired organization, whatever you want to call it, carried that out that attack against the algerian gas plant a few months back. these affiliates, brooke, are a growing threat let me interrupt you. let me interrupt you. we want to go back to the news conference there in toronto. enforcement teams, also executed search warrants at various locations in toronto and montreal. arrested today were rahid yasser, 35 of toronto. they re in custody and will appear at old city hall courthouse tomorrow for bail hearings. as stated, our investigation and the evidence found indicated that the accused were conspireing to carry out a terrorist attack against a passenger train in the greater
this terrorist threat. they are toronto police service, york regional police, peal regional police, durham regional police, the canadian border services agency and the prove l ontario proconvince visual police. we re going to pull away. let me bring back paul crook shank and tom fuentes. paul, what i just heard there, two things. first we heard the ages of these two suspects who are now facing charges here, 35-year-old and 30-year-old. the fact that they were specifically targeting these trains in toronto and that they were watching the trains, they were watching the railways there as they were plotting, paul crookshank, your thoughts. well, it ae s not clear whet they wanted to put bombs inside trains or bombs on the tracks themselves. but before al qaeda hitting mass transit has been out of our